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THOMAS J GRAGNANI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – December 5, 1966
Service recordThomas J Gragnani, of Overland, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Overland, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 14
- ROYAL TINDORF KRELLSpecialist Five · December 5, 1966
- PAUL MCGAUGHEY JRSergeant · December 5, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- JERREL CARL MORTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
From Overland
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- HAROLD DENNIS VANBUSKIRKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- BILLIE JOE BARNETT JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- MICHAEL JOE DINGUSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID PRESSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.